Carter Brown: biography. The Fantastic in the Works of Carter Brown

Alan Geoffrey Yates was born in London and educated at various schools in Essex. In 1942-46. Yates served in the Royal Navy with the rank of lieutenant. For 2 years after his retirement, Yates worked at the recording studio of Gaumont-British Films, after which he moved to Australia in 1948 and received Australian citizenship in the same year. Before devoting himself full-time to writing, Yates was briefly a sales manager in Sydney and worked for two years in public relations for Qantas.

Alan Jeffrey Yates was married to Denise Sinclair Mackellar and had a daughter and three sons. Yates died on May 5, 1985, leaving behind 261 detective novels and one work detective genre.

Creation

At the very beginning of his writing career, Yates worked in various genres, from his pen several novels came out - “horror films”, several westerns and even Science fiction. Most of these works were written under the pseudonym Tex Conrad and co-authored with G.C. Bleek. However, since 1953, when Yates decided to earn literary activity, he completely switched to the detective genre. His first novel, VENUS UNARMED, sold out large circulation and brought fame to Carter Brown. In 1958, Yates published the novel (THE COLD DARK HOURS) under own name, and in 1966 she first used the pseudonym Caroline Farr.

Like others popular writers detective genre, Carter Brown places his heroes in reality American life, despite the fact that he himself draws knowledge about America only from guidebooks and movies. European readers really like the lively and rich “American” language of Brown’s characters, and the Americans themselves, sometimes noticing certain roughness in the presentation of idiomatic expressions, nevertheless forgive the author’s minor flaws, paying tribute to his talent as a storyteller.

"Main features literary style Carter Brown - brevity, fast-paced but uncomplicated intrigue, numerous dialogues using spoken language, crude humor and, of course, a string of corpses. Brown's heroines are invariably chic ladies endowed with numerous charms. Love experiences are not burdened with complications; sex, as American critics put it, is like “a passionate look - turn off the light!” This style prevailed in Brown's novels until the early 70s, when too free scenes in literature began to be considered bad taste."

Early works Carter Brown was intended only for an Australian audience, but after his books were selected for the New American Library, his name became widely known in the United States. Brown's books were published in France by Gallimard, which in 1959 included them in the Série Noire series, which also published books by James Hadley Chase, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and others. famous authors detective genre. In Australia, Brown's books were published by Horwitz, one of the leading publishing houses in Sydney.

Real name Allan Geoffrey Yates 08/1/1923 (London, UK) - 05/5/1985 (Sydney, Australia). He graduated from school in Essex. From 1942 to 1946 he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. After the war, he worked for two years as a sound engineer at the Gaumont-British Films film studio. In 1948 he moved to Australia and in the same year received Australian citizenship. Before moving to professional writers in 1953 he worked in the press service of the airline Quantas. He was married to Denise Sinclair Mackellar - hence his pseudonyms Sinclair McKellar and Dennis Sinclair. They have one daughter and three sons.

He began his literary career in the late 40s with detective stories and science fiction in the “Scientific Thrillers” series (1949-1952) by Stanley Horwitz under the pseudonym Paul Valdez. Science fiction stories under his real name and how Paul Valdez published in almanac “Thrills incorporated: adventures in space and the world of tomorrow" (1951-1952).

Horwitz liked Yates' detective thrillers and agreed that Yates would write one detective story every month. In 1951, the circulation of stories reached 70-80 thousand copies. and Horwitz offered to conclude a contract: for 30 pounds art. per week (instead of a fee), Yates will write two stories and one novel every month (and, I must say, Yates almost succeeded in this pace: in 1953, 21 stories and 11 novels were published!).
Thus, in 1951, Peter Carter Brown (then Peter Carter-Brown and, finally, simply Carter Brown), the author of almost 300 detective stories and novels, was “born”.
Having devoted all his energy to the detective story, Yates practically moved away from science fiction and after 1952 he published one science fiction novel, “Coriolanus, the Chariot!” (1978), although one of the detective stories, “Booty for a Babe” (1956), takes place at a fan convention.
Based on the works of K. Brown, two films were made in France, a television series was made in Japan, and one-hour radio plays “The Detective Carter Brown Theater” were broadcast in Australia for two years (1956-1958). In 1982 on stage Sydney theater A musical based on the novel “The Stripper” was staged.

The large number of pseudonyms adopted in the 50s and 60s among writers of “fiction” sometimes leads to bibliographic problems. The 39 detective novels, published between 1966 and 1980 under the pseudonym Caroline Farr, are attributed either to Yates or to another Australian writer, Richard Wilkes-Hunter.
Unfortunately, Yates/Valdez's fiction is unknown to the Russian reader, unlike Brown's detective stories - three impressive collected works - 17 volumes in 1992-1996, 26 volumes in 1995-1996, 29 volumes in 1997-2001 and many individual publications 90s (previously socialist morality did not allow) included almost 200 novels and stories, almost everything that survived the English language more than one edition - except for early stories and novels.

01 August 1923 - 05 May 1985

one of the most famous and prolific authors of the detective genre. English by origin, born in London on August 1, 1923, he moved to Australia in 1948. Carter Brown's real name is Alan Geoffrey Yates, and he also wrote under the pseudonyms Caroline Farr, Tom Conway and Paul Valdez.

Biography

Alan Jeffrey Yates was married to Denise Sinclair Mackellar and had a daughter and three sons. Yates died on May 5, 1985, leaving behind 261 detective novels and one non-detective novel.

Creation

At the very beginning of his writing career, Yates worked in various genres; several horror novels, several westerns, and even science fiction came out from his pen. Most of these works were written under the pseudonym Tex Conrad and co-authored with G.C. Bleek. However, since 1953, when Yates decided to make money from literary activities, he completely switched to the detective genre. His first novel, VENUS UNARMED, sold a large number of copies and brought fame to Carter Brown. In 1958, Yates published a novel (THE COLD DARK HOURS) under his own name, and in 1966 he first used the pseudonym Caroline Farr.

Like other popular writers of the detective genre, Carter Brown places his characters in the realities of American life, despite the fact that he himself draws knowledge about America only from guidebooks and movies. European readers really like the lively and rich “American” language of Brown’s characters, and the Americans themselves, sometimes noticing certain roughness in the presentation of idiomatic expressions, nevertheless forgive the author’s minor flaws, paying tribute to his talent as a storyteller.

“The main features of Carter Brown's literary style are laconicism, fast-paced but uncomplicated intrigue, numerous dialogues using colloquial language, crude humor and, of course, a string of corpses. Brown's heroines are invariably chic ladies endowed with numerous charms. Love experiences are not burdened with complications; sex, as American critics put it, is like “a passionate look - turn off the light!” This style prevailed in Brown's novels until the early 70s, when too free scenes in literature began to be considered bad taste."

Carter Brown's early works were intended only for Australian audiences, but after his books were selected for the New American Library, his name became widely known in the United States. Brown's books were published in France by Gallimard, which in 1959 included them in the S?rie Noire series, which also published books by James Hadley Chase, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and other famous authors of the detective genre. In Australia, Brown's books were published by Horwitz, one of the leading publishing houses in Sydney.

Real name: Alan Jeffrey Yates

Nicknames: Caroline Farr, Tom Conway, Paul Valdez

Alan Jeffrey Yates was married to Denise Sinclair Mackellar and had a daughter and three sons. Yates died on May 5, 1985, leaving behind 261 detective novels and one non-detective novel.

At the very beginning of his writing career, Yates worked in various genres; several horror novels, several westerns and even science fiction came out from his pen. Most of these works were written under the pseudonym Tex Conrad and co-authored with G.C. Bleek. However, since 1953, when Yates decided to make money from literary activities, he completely switched to the detective genre. His first novel, VENUS UNARMED, sold a large number of copies and brought fame to Carter Brown. In 1958, Yates published a novel (THE COLD DARK HOURS) under his own name, and in 1966 he first used the pseudonym Caroline Farr.

Like other popular writers of the detective genre, Carter Brown places his characters in the realities of American life, despite the fact that he himself draws knowledge about America only from guidebooks and movies. European readers really like the lively and rich “American” language of Brown’s characters, and the Americans themselves, sometimes noticing certain roughness in the rendering of idiomatic expressions, nevertheless forgive the author’s minor flaws, paying tribute to his talent as a storyteller.

Carter Brown's early works were intended only for Australian audiences, but after his books were selected for the New American Library, his name became widely known in the United States. Brown's books were published in France by Gallimard, which in 1959 included them in the Série Noire series, which also published books by James Hadley Chase, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and other famous authors of the detective genre. In Australia, Brown's books were published by Horwitz, one of the leading publishing houses in Sydney.

Real name Alan Jeffrey Yates(Allan Geoffrey Yates).

He graduated from school in Essex. From 1942 to 1946 he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. After the war, he worked for two years as a sound engineer at the Gaumont-British Films film studio. In 1948 he moved to Australia and in the same year received Australian citizenship.

Before becoming a professional writer in 1953, he worked in the press service of Quantas Airlines.

He was married to Denise Sinclair Mackellar - hence his nicknames Sinclair McKellar And Dennis Sinclair.

They have one daughter and three sons.

He began his literary career in the late 40s with detective stories and science fiction in the “Scientific Thrillers” series (1949-1952) by Stanley Horwitz under the pseudonym Paul Valdez.

Fantastic stories under his real name and how Paul Valdez published in the almanac “Thrills incorporated: adventures in space” and the world of tomorrow" (1951-1952).

Thus, in 1951, Peter Carter Brown (then Peter Carter-Brown and, finally, simply Carter Brown), the author of almost 300 detective stories and novels, was “born”.

Having devoted all his energy to the detective story, Yates practically moved away from science fiction and after 1952 he published one science fiction novel, “Coriolanus, the Chariot!” (1978), although one of the detective stories, “Booty for a Babe” (1956), takes place at a fan convention.

Based on the works of K. Brown, two films were made in France, a television series was made in Japan, and one-hour radio plays “The Detective Carter Brown Theater” were broadcast in Australia for two years (1956-1958). In 1982, a musical based on the novel “The Stripper” was staged at the Sydney Theatre.

Unfortunately, Yates/Valdez's fiction is unknown to the Russian reader, unlike Brown's detective stories - three impressive collected works - 17 volumes in 1992-1996, 26 volumes in 1995-1996, 29 volumes in 1997-2001 and many separate editions of the 90s years (socialist morality previously did not allow) included almost 200 novels and stories, almost everything that went through more than one edition in English - except for early stories and novels.